John Terry playing with injury

John Terry says he has been playing with a hamstring injury since the World Cup

The Chelsea skipper will miss England’s Euro 2012 qualifi ers against Bulgaria and Switzerland after being told to rest for 10 days.

But Terry revealed his injury dates back to England’s disastrous campaign in South Africa over the summer. He said: “I have had a bit of a problem since the World Cup and I was hoping after the World Cup that I would have two weeks off and it would completely go away. But that wasn’t the case and, coming back working hard, it came back on.”

Terry has played every game for club and country this season as Chelsea stormed to the top of the Premier League with three straight wins. But the 29-year-old claims the injury was behind his half-time substitution in England’s recent friendly win over Hungary. He said: “I played the last England game but I had to come off at half-time because of it. “I have not made it public but I have been struggling with it and maybe I just need 10 days’ rest to fully get over it because it could impact on my season.”